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Left Field Is Carnegie's New Neighbourhood Cafe

From the team behind Tall Timber, Touchwood and other great daytime diners.

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Melbourne Is Getting a Really Bloody Hot Chilli Festival

And yes, there will be a chilli eating competition.

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How to Make Thievery's Burnt Butter Paprika Hummus at Home

Guaranteed to see you win your next drinks event.

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Neil Perry Has Opened His Lauded Burger Project in Melbourne

The Rockpool executive chef has brought his burgers down south.

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A25 Has Opened a New Pizzeria and Espresso Bar in Melbourne's CBD

Melbourne's latest Italian eatery comes from a team who really know what they're doing.

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The Ten Best Events to Drink at During Good Beer Week 2016

Ten straight days of workshops, samplings and potential liver damage.

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Ten Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants You Should Visit in Victoria

Life is short, so it's imperative that once in a while you plan a road-trip to sample some of regional Victoria's exceptional food.
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The 25 Best Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025

From high-flying fine-diners in the CBD to tried-and-true neighbourhood haunts — these are the Melbourne restaurants we'd recommend to a friend (you, dear reader).
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The 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD for 2025

Whether you're after fine-diners or cheap eats, you're truly spoilt for choice when looking for places to eat in Melbourne's CBD.
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Where to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Melbourne

Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, vegan or sandwiched, you can find them in our guide.
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The Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne

These private dining rooms have you got you covered from private bartenders to suckling pigs, martini trolleys to luxurious sashimi platters.
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The Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne

Here's where to find Melbourne's best seafood — across fine-diners, messy crab shacks, local neighbourhood eateries and lavish omakase haunts.
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The Best Bakeries in Melbourne

Crusty sourdough loaves, flaky croissants, shiopans and shokupans, cookies and doughnuts, bagels and ficelles, pies and pasties, and everything in between.
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The Best Greek Restaurants in Melbourne

You're in for good times, flowing drinks and belly-filling feeds at these Greek establishments.
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These Are the 15 Best Set Menus in Melbourne for Under $100

From set menus with a side of karaoke to omakase-style degustations, Greek feasts to vegan banquets, these are the best feed me menus around town.
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The Best Places to Take Your Dad This Father's Day in Melbourne

Here are the best ways to treat dad this Father's Day from yum cha feasts and luxe lunches, to free hair cuts, special Sunday Roasts and limited edition desserts.

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The Ten Best BYO Restaurants in Melbourne

Offset the damage to your wallet on your next night out.

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SMÄK Food House Is South Yarra's Newest Health-Focused Cafe

Brunch brunch brunch brunch brunch.

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Melbourne's New Club Untz Untz Rocks a Casual 24-Hour License

And a god damn light-up dancefloor. We're set.

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Mr Ottorino Is Johnston Street's New Southern Italian Restaurant

Fitzroy just scored a new place for fresh fregola, cannoli and Sicilian beer.

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Australia's Chefs Reveal Their Top 100 Restaurants for 2016

The results may (not) shock you.

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Gelato Messina's Beautiful Handmade Chocolate Boxes Are Back for Mother's Day

Cream cheese gelato bon bon, Mum?

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Gimlet at Cavendish House

33 Russell Street, Melbourne

Andrew McConnell's elegant cocktail bar and European bistro serves up caviar, champagne and truffles aplenty.
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Cleo, Hyde Melbourne Place

130 Russell Street, Melbourne

The rooftop drinking and dining destination welcomes Eastern Mediterranean flavours and old-world cooking techniques.
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Bar Sophia

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Central Park village has been reinvigorated with a new Aegean offering on Burke Road, inspired by the new wave of Athenian wine bars.
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The NOMAD team has taken French fine-dining to the next level in Melbourne.
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66A Chapel Street, Windsor

Located on the vibrant Windsor end of Chapel Street, Tokyo Tina is an energetic and modern Japanese restaurant, serving consistently top-quality food from its kitchen.
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Here, you can watch the bread and pastries take shape, with this much-loved bakery's new location inviting customers closer to the action.
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Tyga

91 Koornang Road, Carnegie

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Chef Adam Liston to Open New Yakitori and Seafood Restaurant Honcho in the CBD

The Northern Light chef's new venture will be built from the ground up.

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Glen Huntly's Workshop Brothers Has Opened a Second Cafe in the CBD

These brewing brothers are bringing quality coffee to Queen Street.

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This New App Helps You Find the Cheapest Booze in Town

The result of a beer-goggled brain explosion, because of course it was.

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Rufus Bar Opens in Prahran

Named after Winston Churchill's faithful pet poodle.

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Pidapipo Is Giving Out Free Gelato at Their New Windsor Store Today

Get. There. Early.

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Melbourne Burger Maestro Jimmy Hurlston to Open Sydney Eatery, Guilty

The Easey's founder is taking his burgs north.

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Vegans Rejoice, Smith & Daughters Are Releasing a Cookbook

This might just be your key to unlocking the vegan kingdom.

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About Life Is Coming to Melbourne

Your new home for organic, free-range, fair-trade food.

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GROW Assembly Is Melbourne's New Hospitality Symposium

Get a leg-up into the world of hospo with the help of Melbourne food royalty.

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Royal Stacks Has Opened a Second Burger Joint in Brunswick

The wildly popular burgers and frozen custard creations have come to Sydney Road.

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A Milkcow Soft Serve Pop-Up Has Opened in Melbourne

Soft serve sundaes topped with everything from fairy floss clouds to a shot of espresso.

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